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In Portuguese we can use the word toma to say the time you have to take your medicine.

Example: "Às 4 horas da tarde é a hora da toma de medicamentos, para Paulo", meaning, "At 4pm is the drug taking time for Paulo".

I need to create an Excel sheet and one of the columns should be Toma or the equivalent in English, and will represent the time patients have to take their medicines.

What is the best term to mean that in English?

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    In English, we would just say take, for instance 'at [insert time of taking], I have to take my medicine.'
    – Joe Kerr
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 14:52
  • I don't know that there's a single word for this, but dosage time is a short phrase that describes this concept.
    – Canadian Yankee
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 14:53
  • @CanadianYankee - will that cover if the prescription is an injection? What about "prescription time"?
    – Duck
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 14:54
  • A dose or dosage is any measured amount of a medicine taken at one particular time, whether it's taken orally or injected. The time when the dosage is administered is the dosage time.
    – Canadian Yankee
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 14:59
  • A prescription is either a written or printed document issued by a doctor and exchanged for medication at a pharmacy, or the medication itself.
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 15:10

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Gathering up a few things from the comments:

A prescription is the full set of instructions issued by a doctor or other medical professional that is given to the pharmacist (or sent to them electronically) that authorizes the distribution of the medicine. A prescription can also mean the full amount of the medicine issued as a result of the doctor's prescription.

One thing the prescription will specify is the dosage regimen, which is defined at the link I've given here as:

The schedule of doses of a therapeutic agent per unit of time, including: the time between doses (e.g., every 6 hours) or the time when the dose(s) are to be given (e.g., at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily), and the amount of a medicine (e.g., number of capsules) to be given at each specific time.

You can use the modifier dosage to specify any part of that regimen:

  • Dosage frequency is how often the medicine is administered, like "three times per day."
  • Dosage time is time(s) when it's administered.
  • Dosage timing could be instructions like "before each meal" that are less precise than specific times.
  • Dosage amount (or just dose) is the quantity administered at one time.
  • Dosage form is the physical form of the medicine (pill, capsule, injection, etc.).

In the context of a spreadsheet, you might be able to leave off the repeated "dosage", especially if you can put "dosage regimen" in a heading over all parts of the regimen.

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